Claim of Cole v. Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y., Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 12, 2013, which ruled that claimant demonstrated an attachment to the labor market.

Claimant filed a workers’ compensation claim for occupational disease caused by exposure to asbestos. The claim was established, and claimant was found to have a permanent partial disability as of November 1995; the claim was subse*1085quently amended to include diagnoses of chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Claimant lost no time from work until he was permitted to voluntarily retire, in lieu of termination for cause,…